The first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide, winner of eleven Academy Awards, "Titanic" has been the subject of continuous media coverage. This title tells the whole story behind the movie. It also offers behind-the-scenes detail - including excerpts from Cameron's journals.

The only reporter James Cameron invited to chronicle the astonishing three-year odyssey that was the making of Titanic, Paula Parisi details the behind-the-scenes adventure so vividly you feel as if you are there. In this fast-paced narrative, we dive with Cameron twelve thousand feet to the wreckage of the Titanic. We're with him as he plans and budgets the film, scouts locations, and casts the actors; as he builds a state-of-the-art studio in Mexico, deals with studio executives, edits fourteen days' worth of film, and supervises more than five hundred special effects. Cameron also collaborates with composer James Horner and singer Celine Dion, and ultimately wins the gold: eleven Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Picture. Excerpts from Cameron's journals are cited throughout.

In addition, there's Cameron's own story: his childhood and family life; his first experience in film, working for Roger Corman; and fascinating stories about the founding of Lightstorm and the making of Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2, True Lies, and, ultimately, Titanic.

The first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide, winner of eleven Academy Awards (for Best Picture, Director, Cinematography, Film Editing, Art Direction, Costume Design, Original Dramatic Score, Original Song, Visual Effects, Sound, and Sound Effects Editing), "Titanic" has been the subject of continuous media coverage, but not until "Titanic and the Making of James Cameron" has the whole story behind the movie been told in such fascinating, behind-the-scenes detail - including excerpts from Cameron's journals - that you feel you are there, reliving the three-year adventure with the extraordinary filmmaker and his co-creators.